A 22-year-old University of Georgia student was arrested early Sunday morning after he used a walking cane to deliver repeated blows to the face and head of another man during an altercation inside a bar in downtown Athens, Athens-Clarke County police said.

When officers responded to a 1 a.m. report of a fight in progress at Cloud Athens at 164 E. Clayton St., they saw the student, Omar Mohib Hamed, holding the walking cane with two hands, as though he was gripping a sword.

They then identified a victim, a 28-year-old Atlanta man who was bleeding from the back of his head. While conducting the initial investigation, police said they noticed that the victim's eyes and forehead began to swell from being injured.

Several witnesses reportedly told police the same story, that the victim was attempting to break up a dispute between a male and female, when Hamed ran up from behind and began beating the victim's face and head with the cane.

Hamed, who offered no explanation for his actions, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault.

The victim declined medical attention, but police said they told him that if he later obtained treatment they would like to see his medical records. The victim agreed to cooperate if he did obtain medical treatment.

Cloud Athens employees told police the entire incident should have been recorded by the bar's surveillance system, footage they would later provide to investigators.